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ESLPodcast736–FollowingOne’sDream

GLOSSARY

toquit–tostopworkinginaparticularjob;toannouncethatonewillnot

continuetoworkinapositionororganization

*IfJens’bosswon’tgivehimaraise,he’sgoingtoquit.

tobemeantfor–tobeintendedfor;tohavespecificexpectationsforoneself

*Quentinfeltlikehewasmeantforacareerinengineeringbecausehe’salways

wantedtoknowhowthingsworked.

pathetic–notdeservingrespectorinterest;veryweak,uninteresting,or

unhelpful

*Thatisapatheticattempttomakeothersfeelsorryforyousothatyoudon’t

havetodoyourwork!

topass(one)by–toproceedwithoutinvolvingoneself,especiallywhenit

seemsliketimeispassingveryquicklyandoneismissingopportunities

*Naoriistakingalotofclassesintheevening,becauseshe’sworriedthat

promotionswillpassherbyatwork.

tosacrifice–togivesomethingup;todecidenottodoorhavesomething

becauseitwillresultinsomebenefitinthefuture;toacceptatemporary

disadvantagebecauseoneexpectstoreceivesomeadvantagelaterasaresult

*They’resacrificingalotrightnowtopayofftheirmortgageearly,butthey’re

lookingforwardtobeingdebt-free.

security–stability;thefeelingofsafetyandpredictability,especiallyrelatedto

havingenoughmoneyandhousing

*Liamsaidthatbeingasoftwaredevelopermaynotbeveryexciting,butit

providesalotofsecurity.

tomakeadifference–tomakeavaluablecontributionintheworld;tochange

societyinapositiveway

*IlyajoinedthePeaceCorpstotrytomakeadifference.

todobigthings–todosomethingthatisimportantandimpressive

*Olgadreamsofdoingbigthingswhenshegrowsup,suchasbeingacivilrights

activist.

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